expecters

We have become star-gazers, we irreconcilables; expecters of signs and wonders.

A Tramp's Sketches Stephen Graham 1929

'Tis odd to think how long they let those people keep their places; but the reason is, they have not enough to satisfy all expecters, and so they keep them all in hopes, that they may be good boys in the meantime; and thus the old ones hold in still.

The Journal to Stella Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745 1901

Every local post-office is eagerly besieged by the expecters of letters and newspapers.

A Boy's Voyage Round the World Samuel Smiles 1858

'Tis odd to think how long they let those people keep their places; but the reason is, they have not enough to satisfy all expecters, and so they keep them all in hopes, that they may be good boys in the meantime; and thus the old ones hold in still.

The Journal to Stella Jonathan Swift 1706

Our House of Commons consists, I think, of about three hundred members; if one hundred of these should happen to be made up of persons already provided for, joined with expecters, compliers easy to be persuaded, such as will give

The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. - Volume 07 Historical and Political Tracts-Irish Jonathan Swift 1706

This can mean only one thing: we need to hire better expecters.

Daily Kos 2009

’Tis odd to think how long they let those people keep their places; but the reason is, they have not enough to satisfy all expecters, and so they keep them all in hopes, that they may be good boys in the meantime; and thus the old ones hold in still.

The Journal to Stella 2003